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Personal info

Full name
SEIDERS, Harry James
Date of birth
4 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33492046
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 39

Immediate family

Members
James R. Seiders (father)
Laura K. Seiders (mother)
Edna L. Seiders (sister)
George C. Seiders (brother)

More information

Pvt Harry J. Seiders attended Lebanon High School before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 19 November 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1943.

He is also remembered at the Schaefferstown Cemetery in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Seiders Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Bruce Speck, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Daily News 29 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen / Joel Frampton / Dennis Wagner